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« Reply #20 on: February 09, 2010, 11:50:50 AM » |
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I once bought from a seller who wrote me this after I made the payment following his invoice:
"Your unauthorised amendment of my invoice is unacceptable. As you have not paid in full I have marked this item as UNPAID. Paypal rules require me to be able to prove shipping."
Very rude seller.
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« Reply #21 on: February 09, 2010, 12:24:20 PM » |
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I've just had one seller email me and say that she was unable to minus the second shipping charge from a combined purchase, so I should pay double the postage and he/she will throw a fiver in the parcel?...like don't think so....lol...I emailed back saying that it doesn't matter when the buyer uses b/deposit...only when they use paypal, and then advised her that if her invoices keep showing double post, then she'll be charged by paypal for that post amount in the final figure.....meanwhile, why would I pay an extra 5.00 and then have you throw the change back in the parcel?...huh?....lol.
Her listing also stated rare coral necklace ...well...as rare as a chinese listing away and more likely to be red jade than coral.......so that too has been pointed out..i.e. you don't call something rare when it's mass produced OS.....lmao...try anything?...
It's not just buyers, some sellers are doozies ......
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« Reply #22 on: February 09, 2010, 01:41:26 PM » |
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she was correct in saying that the invoice could not be adjusted to show minus
that is to say if you want to give a discount for what ever reason you used to be able to adjust it on the invoice by typing in a -$0.00 figure
but as with all things eBay it's not working properly - and has not for the past few months
so when you type in -$10.00 it adds $10 to the final invoiced amount
you'd think and international company with a multi billion dollar annual profit could fix a problem like that in a hour or two
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« Reply #23 on: February 09, 2010, 01:54:04 PM » |
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Strange. Is this recent changes?
See attachment. Seller discount for coins I bought in December last year.
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« Reply #24 on: February 09, 2010, 01:58:20 PM » |
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that's what I mean though bnwt....it's not the sellers fault, it's just another aspect of selling that is taken out of their control....and just imagine how much more, Paypal is making in fees for all those unsuspecting sellers whose buyers use paypal on invoices that have double the postage?...Even if the seller reduces the postage to a reasonable quote, behind the scenes, the seller is still stuck with the paypal fee.....for overall cost and postage....(don't think I'm explaining this right...lol- not enough sleep)
for instance, if I'd used paypal, and she'd sent me the right postage price of 7.70 registered, then paypal would charge at that amount, but given that she now can't change the invoice, paypal would have charged her on the double postage of 12.70....they must make a motza with that little ploy....wonder how many sellers actually realise it?
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tellomon
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« Reply #25 on: February 09, 2010, 03:48:59 PM » |
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Illustrations are good!
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« Reply #26 on: February 13, 2010, 08:00:55 AM » |
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You can only discount up to the value of the shipping. I was doing free shipping and wanted to give a 10% discount but couldn't as I could only discount by my shipping - which was $0.00 - which doesn't seem like much of a max discount :-) [never again - my postage cost DSR's plumetted in that free shipping debacle - go figure]
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« Reply #27 on: February 13, 2010, 09:11:34 AM » |
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0% discount...! You have to shake your head over that restriction, don't you?
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"No man is an Iland, intire of it selfe; every man is ...a part of the maine; ...any mans death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankinde"
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*smee*
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« Reply #28 on: February 13, 2010, 11:16:50 AM » |
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you could offer buy two get none free
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Trustee for the Yibida, Tello & Smee family trusts trading as "The 3 Amigos"
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low-enghooi
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« Reply #29 on: February 13, 2010, 11:29:09 AM » |
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I was doing free shipping and wanted to give a 10% discount
Wait a minute. Are you saying you offer an item for auction, and you want to give 10% discount over the closing price? Not fair if this is what you meant. But if this is really what you want to do, I think you can work around this by cancel the transaction, and make a second chance offer to the buyer at whatever discount you wish. |
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« Reply #30 on: February 13, 2010, 01:08:56 PM » |
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Low, from what I understand of second-chance offers, you do not get a choice of the amount and the winning bidder will not even appear as an eligible buyer.
Also, I expect eBay would probably have a policy that would cover this, as it would be reducing FVF's - and eBay aren't renowned for endorsing this.
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« Reply #31 on: February 13, 2010, 01:28:10 PM » |
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Thanks Brumby.
The reason I think giving a discount over the closing price is unfair, because this will attract more shill bidding. If a seller can give 10% discount, then he/she also can give 100% discount if item is won by his/her friend.
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« Reply #32 on: February 13, 2010, 03:31:54 PM » |
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Yes, that sort of abuse of discounting had crossed my mind also.
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« Reply #33 on: February 13, 2010, 05:38:23 PM » |
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I've used it where I have multiple reasonably high value items where it's Pay on Local Pickup- buy 2 get 5% off, buy 3 get 10% off. Works a treat on sale. Starts to get messy if it's anything other than cash sale.
One person paid by PayPal via credit card for 3 items [each $200] on local pickup so I ended up giving HER the discount value in cash when she picked up the items.
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« Reply #34 on: February 13, 2010, 07:15:51 PM » |
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Neither Paypal nor eBay would mind that - they would still get their full fees.
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